NCAA Tournament March Madness

#89 Xavier

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Projection: likely out

Xavier looks to be on the outside of the tournament picture because its résumé is anchored by an eye-catching neutral win over West Virginia and useful home victories over Cincinnati, Providence and Butler that are swamped by damaging defeats, most notably a blowout at home to Creighton and ugly losses at Santa Clara and Connecticut. The Musketeers have shown toughness in tight road games, with narrow losses at Creighton and Marquette and an important road win at Georgetown, yet those competitive efforts are outweighed by a scarcity of clean wins away from home and the absence of signature victories over true top-tier opponents. Upcoming home dates against DePaul and Marquette are realistic chances to rebuild the profile while trips to Connecticut and Villanova are long shots that must swing the right way to alter how a committee will view the résumé.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Marist162W66-62
11/6Le Moyne261W74-69
11/10Santa Clara44L87-68
11/14@Iowa23L81-62
11/18Old Dominion225W99-69
11/21(N)Georgia34L78-77
11/23(N)West Virginia58W78-68
11/28TAM C. Christi185W88-67
12/1St Francis PA353W96-74
12/5Cincinnati56W79-74
12/12Missouri St195W75-57
12/17Creighton65L98-57
12/20@Georgetown93W80-77
12/31Connecticut13L90-67
1/3@DePaul107L86-77
1/7@Marquette110L66-65
1/10Providence71W97-84
1/14Butler60W89-75
1/21@Creighton65L94-93
1/24St John's20L88-83
1/28@Seton Hall49L86-68
1/31DePaul10766%
2/3@Connecticut136%
2/9@St John's2010%
2/14Marquette11067%
2/17Villanova2730%
2/21@Butler6028%
2/24@Providence7130%
2/28Georgetown9361%
3/3Seton Hall4943%
3/7@Villanova2714%